Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-11
The Guarantee Fund and Mutual Aid

Society. an assessment company. OF Au-
gusts, one Of the companies debarreu
from doing further business III Inc oIate'
owing 10 the failure 10 file with the Gov
ernor their seml.annu3l statement mas
notified the Comptroller General that toe
statement which they had sent HIM, and
which he supposed was the annual state
| ment which the law requires snail be
made to him, was intended as Their SEMI
annual statement, and not as an annual, as
he supposed. Their mistake was IN seud-
! ing it, to the Comptroller General Instead
Of 10 the executive department. The
probability ia That, under the sho Sing
made, they will be permitted to continue
business during the year,
One Of the section hands, white man,
on The Dublin division OF the Wrights-
vile and lennille railroad happened to
| possible fatal accident near LOvett one
day last week, The section hands, under
| {. Is. kessler, were running poll car
along, when they, In rounding a curve,
suddenly discovered 3 tree top across t1e
track, whereup0n each one leaped from
the car to save himself an injary. One
| OF the men, pretty badly excited, leaped
in front OF the running car and was run
over, receiving injuries that is feared Will
| prove fatal. The railroad company have
| secured the services Of skilled phys,-
clans, and, altbough his condition il con
sdered quite critical, he may possibly
recover.
The season at the Mitchell. House at
! Ih0masyllls may now be said TO be at It's
! height. Everything combines to make il
very brilliant. the great influx of visit
! ors, among whom are d great many young
ladies' and gentlemen, added to the lively
set who have had possession all winter,
now nil the piazzas and the tennis lawn
! ID the mornings. while IN the afternoon
| you may come across u large party OF
! them On hOreebacK in The woods, or
! caravan OF carriages containing Il num-
! ber o, them, followed with a baggage
wagon loaded vita hampers full c! GOOD
! things, bound for some lake or river IN
the neiGhborhoCd, driving along the fine
roads all smiling and happy, In the
evening there will be an imprOmptu
dance or perhaps a billiard match when
ladies' and gentlemen alike participate.
Some times whist party tor prize, witO
four or five tables in row along the
parlOr filled with the merry partners con-
tending Tor the siiver-headed chane or
ivory fan put up. In his way the happy
sunny days run quickly by.
A good many negroes are brought from
the CacOlinas to Laurens county to work
on the turpentine farms. f. NJ. Taylor,
| seven miles east Of Dublin, brought some
over a few weeks ago to work for him.
They had a preacher for a leader. 1t had
been noticed for several days that the
leader was endeavOring to secure bis
] escape and skip for his old home. Last
Thursday morning he decided he
saw his chance, and boarded
The train at Bruton station with a
Lcket TO Tennile. O. L. Mason, &C
| companied by another man, AID armed
win Il warrant, jumped in a buggy and
drove through to WTightsyilIe, where they
we're in.walting for the train bearing away
| the chief. As soon as the train stopped
! the men rushed in and demanded the sur
| render OF the would-be runaway, who be-
gan TO tighttor his release. He was finally
| tied, and Mr.. Mason, his assistant and
the negro started out on tueir journey to
| bruton, the latter keeping up the rear on
! foot. He protested against his forced
mode OF travel, but to no purpose.
At Americus Saturday morning Judge
! Fort reduced the bond OF Annie Moore,
VINO is charged with the killing OF Pat
ErsSine in October last, from $4,000 to
$1,000. The bond originally WAS $4,000,
1ur as the late grand jury failed to- md a
! bill against her for the crime win which
she - charged. the amount was reduced
to 81 900. Since that time, however, the
unfortunate woman mas been in preca-
ri0us condition, supposed to have been
brought On by her confinement In
Jail, and only last Saturday it
was thought that she would die
during the day. Her mother, Mrs.
| West, or Albany, was autographed tor and
bias been i'll the city since then. Tuesday
morning the bond was still further re-
! duced, at which time q number OF the
most prominent and benevolent citizens
OF Americas came forward and signed
the papers, and Annie was allowed 10 go
tree. she Was much affected by the sud
den turn OF atfars, and wept copiously as
she thanked those VINO mad Interested
| themselves in her case. She protests her
| Innocence as st0utly now AS on the day
o, her incarceration, aud is firm in her
belief that she will be acquitted by the
| court when the case is again. taken up
for trial i'll April. She Will return to
| Albany with her mother, and declares her
| determination to hencefOrth lead diff
ferent life.
A few weeks ago the DeKalb Chroni-
Gle in its editorial column stated that
the Democratic executive committee OF
that county had held meeting and
ordered a primary election TO be- held
| March 8, in each militia district in the
| county, 10 nominate a candidate for Sem
ator for the Thirty fourth district, TO fill
! the uueXpired term OF Senator +. NJ.
Word, deceased. The committee pub
lshed no official notice or said nomIna-
| llOu OF gave any OHiCldi hOtiCS NOW luc
nomination was to be held, and how the
ballots were TO be cast, whether for the
candidates or for delegates TO the con-
ventiOn. Last Saturday was the day for
ine nomination, and tue polls at Decatur,
| Charleston, Stone Mountain ana Ltthonia
We're opened, and 3l5 votes cast
| Tor DR.. John L.. Hamilton,
of Stone Mountain, who was the
Only candidate for Senator. The polls in
! the other districts in the county We're not
| opened. DR.. Hamilton is an Old citizen
of the county, and is mighty respected by
every one who knows him, and he is in
every respect worthy the high position he
has been called to fill. a strange cOnci-
dence is connected with his political life.
| In 1879 Col. Robert a. Aston was a men,
Der of the Legislature from DaKalb couu-
! ty, and no was Killed before his term ak
| PRED, and DR.. Hamilton was nominated
| aud elected TO fill the uneXpired term.
| He is now nominated TO fill the unexpired
term OF Senator Il. Nj. Word. The cleo
| tion is ordered to be held IN DeKalb, Hen
ny and GwInnett counties on Wednesday,
| March %.
! The company now being formed in
| Macon, and which has more OF the ele-
| ments OF success in il than any other. is
| the Industrial Association. which will be
| built upon the r al Estate aud I'M
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